Product – Publication:’The House in Good Taste (1915) *

Artist/Designer: Elsie De Wolfe

Project Location: Versailles France

Figure 1: De Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste. Century, 1915. Print. ( Source | Accessed : September 20, 2013 | Photographer: Elsie De de Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste (1913). Released as an eBook January 17 )

Figure 2: De Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste. Century, 1915. Print. ( Source | Accessed : September 20, 2013 | Photographer: Elsie De Wolfe )

Figure 3: De Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste. Century, 1915. Print. ( Source | Accessed : September 20, 2013 | Photographer: Elsie De Wolfe )

Figure 4: De Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste. Century, 1915. Print. ( Source | Accessed : September 20, 2013 | Photographer: Elsie De Wolfe )

Figure 5: De Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste. Century, 1915. Print. ( Source | Accessed : September 20, 2013 | Photographer: Elsie De Wolfe )

Style/Period(s):
Eclectic

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Fabric, Textile, Wood, Wall Paper

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Elsie de Wolfe _ Biography | Accessed : September 24, 2018

Elsie de Wolfe

The Fabulous Parties of Elsie de Wolfe | Accessed : September 21, 2017

The House in Good Taste

Elsie de Wolfe The American pioneer who vanquished Victorian gloom | Accessed : September 24, 2018

A Life in Good Taste The fashions and follies of Elsie de Wolfe. By Ruth Franklin | Accessed : September 24, 2018

Significant Date(s):
1865, 20th Century, 1915, 1950

Additional Information:
Publications in Print:

De Wolfe, Elsie. The House in Good Taste. Century, 1915.
Franklin, Ruth. "A LIFE IN GOOD TASTE." The New Yorker 80, no. 28 (2004): 142.
"LITERARY NOTES." The Independent ... Devoted to the Consideration of Politics, Social and Economic Tendencies, History, Literature, and the Arts (1848-1921) 76, no. 3388 (1913): 267.
Marilyn Bethany. "Interior Trends 1984." New York Times (1923-Current File) (New York, N.Y.), 1983.
McMAHAN, Anna. "EVOLUTION OF HOUSEHOLD DECORATION." The Dial; a Semi - Monthly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and Information (1880-1929) Lvi, no. 667 (1914): 298.
Sparke, Penny. "The 'Ideal' and the 'Real' Interior in Elsie De Wolfe's "The House in Good Taste" of 1913." Journal of Design History 16, no. 1 (2003): 63-76.

Building Address: NA.

Supporting Designers/Staff: NA.

Significant Dates:
- 1915, Publication of The House In Good Taste
- December 20, 1859? – July 12, 1950 (Birth And Death of Elise)

Tags: History, Pop Culture, Soft Fabrications, Idealism, Interior Decoration, Victorian Revival, Follies

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